Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska are in Ireland for their first official visit, with the president due to address a joint sitting of the Oireachtas this afternoon.

The Government is set to introduce emergency legislation to fast-track key projects through the planning process under a plan Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will outline to the Cabinet.

An independent committee is to be established to investigate the cause of Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, which claimed 156 lives, the city's leader has said.

Follow live updates as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska make their first official visit to Ireland.

Ireland's prison system is "overwhelmed, overstretched and inhumane", according to a new report by The Irish Penal Reform Trust.